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Marijuana Plants, 74 Pounds of Pot Seized in Raid
One man was arrested at the alleged grow house—a home on Roble Street in Watsonville.
Drug agents seized a massive amount of marijuana and arrested one man during a raid Wednesday on a pot grow house in Watsonville, authorities reported.
The county's Anti Crime Team served a search warrant at 718 Roble St. and arrested Cainin Wilkinson, 35, according to Sgt. Eric Montablo of the Watsonville Police Department.
led investigators to the house.
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Inside, they found 55 live marijuana plants and about 74 pounds of processed marijuana, according to Montablo. There also was about $10,000 in cash next to a commercial money-counting device, he reported.
The sophisticated marijuana cultivation operation included commercial grow lamps, automatic irrigation systems, ventilation systems and air conditioning units, according to police.
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Investigators suspect Wilkinson was producing three to four crops in the house each year, and had been operating the grow house for about 18 months.
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